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Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2006
Applicants:

Naoshi Inafuku, Okinawa, JP;

Tetsuya Fujino, Okinawa, JP;

Yutaka Kashiwagi, Tsukuba, JP;

Seiji Ohara, Tsukuba, JP;

Seiyu Inafuku, Okinawa, JP;

Inventors:

Naoshi Inafuku, Okinawa, JP;

Tetsuya Fujino, Okinawa, JP;

Yutaka Kashiwagi, Tsukuba, JP;

Seiji Ohara, Tsukuba, JP;

Seiyu Inafuku, Okinawa, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/308 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The invention is related to a method for producing a steamed, exploded, and fermented dietary fiber, comprising the steps of: subjecting a hemicellulose-containing plant resource to a steam treatment followed by an explosion treatment (2.5 Mpa, 70 seconds); mixing wheat bran into this steamed and exploded material; adjusting water content of this mixture to about 50%; subsequently preparing koji with the use of a koji fungus; adding water to the koji thus obtained; mixing the steamed and exploded material into a koji dispersion wherein koji is dispersed into water; adjusting water content of this mixture to about 50%; subsequently fermenting the mixture. This method produces a useful material as a food material and a health supplement, by a simple process, with efficiency, and at a low cost.


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